App Defaults

A bit late to the party, but I wanted to bring the site up to date and of course read all the other “Defaults” entries before posting my own.

This trend started as the Duel of the Defaults on episode 097 of the Hemispheric Views podcast, and it has amassed more than 350 entries!

So, without any further delay, these are my defaults:

• 📬 Mail Client
  • Personal: Mail.app (iOS) / Fastmail Web (macOS / Windows)
  • Work: Outlook 365
• 📮 Mail Server
  • Personal: Fastmail *
  • Work: Microsoft
• 🗒️ Notes
  • Notes.app
  • Obsidian
• ✅ To-Do
  • Personal: Things / Reminders.app
  • Work: Pencil & Paper (using the Bujo method)
• 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting
  • Camera.app
• 🌅 Photo Management
  • Photos.app
• 📸 Photo Editing
  • Photomator
• 📆 Calendar
  • Calendar.app
• 📆 Calendar Backend
  • Personal: iCloud
  • Work: Microsoft 365
• 📁 Cloud File Storage
  • Personal: iCloud Drive
  • Work: OneDrive
• 📖 RSS
  • NetNewsWire via Feedbin (iOS / macOS) / Feedbin (Windows)
• 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts
  • Contacts.app
• 🌐 Browser
  • Personal: Arc * (macOS / Windows) / Arc Search (iOS) / Safari (iPadOS)
  • Work: Edge
• 💬 Chat
  • Personal: iMessages, WhatsApp, Viber
  • Work: Microsoft Teams
• 🔖 Bookmarks
  • Raindrop.io
• 📑 Read It Later
  • Omnivore
• 📝 Word Processing
  • Microsoft Word
• 📈 Spreadsheets
  • Microsoft Excel
• 📊 Presentations
  • N/A
• 🛒 Shopping Lists
  • Grocery
• 🍴 Recipe Management
  • Mela
• 💰 Budgeting & Personal Finance
  • My bank’s app
• 📰 News
  • Google News
  • Kathimerini
  • NY Times
  • RSS
  • Newsletters
• 🎵 Music
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
• 🎤 Podcasts
  • Overcast
• 🔐 Password Management
  • 1Password
• 🌤️ Weather
  • Weathergraph
  • CARROT Weather
• 💻 Code Editor
  • VS Code
• 🌐 DNS Resolver
  • NextDNS *

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